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Looking for Affirmation in All the Wrong Places (Sheldon Wilson)
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1 Corinthians 4:15 LAUNCH features six powerful stories from successful leaders to help you face life’s changes and challenges. In this lesson, you’ll hear from Sheldon Wilson as he addresses the impact of a growing pandemic in our churches and our nation: fatherlessness. The absence of a godly father and his daily affirmation creates the…
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Overcoming Your Past to Fulfill Your Calling (Chris Mikkelson)
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Psalm 105:1-5, Jeremiah 31:34, Romans 3:23-24, Colossians 1:13-14, Psalm 107:2, John 8:36, 1 Peter 1:18-19, Matthew 28:19 LAUNCH features six powerful stories from successful leaders to help you face life’s changes and challenges. In this one, you’ll hear from Chris Mikkelson. Even though Chris now regularly speaks to audiences of hundreds of thousands of people…
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Before You Settle for a Lesser Life, Consider This
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2 Corinthians 4:7 – 5:7 Jesus told us the most important thing we can do is love God with all our might. So we set our hearts, souls, and minds on that course. But then…life happens. Who among us doesn’t feel overrun (or even knocked down) by troubles and setbacks? Do you find yourself (at…
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Are You Ready for Anything?
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Luke 12:35-40; I Corinthians 9:19-27, 10:12-14; I Peter 3:14-16, 5:8 Paul finishes up his first letter to the Corinthians with a summary of Christian manhood: “Be on your guard,” he says. “Stand firm in the faith. Be men of courage. Be strong. Do everything in love.” We are starting a new series looking at these…
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If You REALLY Want To Do Something Great, Pass It On!
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John 8:31-32, 2 Timothy 2:2, Titus 2:6-8, 1 Timothy 5:1, John 4:35-38, John 15:1-8, 12-13, 20-21 Ask a Christian man succeeding in life, “What’s your secret?” and he’s probably going to tell you, “I had a mentor.” Or “A man took me under his wing and showed me the ropes.” Or something similar. There’s no…
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If You Want to be Great, You Have to Start Here
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Matthew 25:14-30 Why do some men make it big starting with little or nothing, and others never seem to rise above their circumstances? As we continue to look at the parable of the talents, Jesus teaches us a key to the success and failure of the servants that applies to us today. Join Brett Clemmer…
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The Greatness That Is Available to Everyone
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recognition & status: Matthew 23:1-12; sacrifice: Mark 10:29-31; mindset: Luke 17:10 Are you a single man who wants nothing more than to marry, settle down, and start a family? A newlywed who wants to get his marriage off on the right foot? A husband and father who feels overwhelmed by your responsibilities? A man who…
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The Possibility of Greatness
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John 14:12; 1) Mark 9:33-35; 2) Matthew 20:26,28; 3) John 13:15; Luke 22:24,26,27 God wants YOU to do something great with your life. The first step to every great outcome is to imagine its possibility. For example, imagine what it would look like in your community if no child went to school hungry, no inmate…
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All the Wisdom of the World in 30 Minutes
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Ecclesiastes 13 How often do you hear men asking these kinds of questions? Why does my life feel so empty? I got what I wanted, so why am I still not happy? Why does contentment always seem to elude me? Why can’t I conquer worry and disappointment? Where can I go to find meaning? In…
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Solomon’s Advice If You Want To Be Counted Among The Wise
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Ecclesiastes 10 None of us want to play the fool. That’s obvious. That said, we all know men who just seem to be really good at making wise decisions. What is it that they have discovered? And how can we increase our own wisdom? Tapping into Solomon’s own legendary wisdom, that’s what we’re going to…
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Solomon’s Great Secret of Contentment
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Ecclesiastes 6 What if you had everything you ever wanted and could enjoy it? That would be great, right? But what if you could find just as much enjoyment with what you have right now? Wouldn’t that be awesome? Join Patrick Morley as Solomon explains how a man who has it all can “choose” not…
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Even If You Can Get Rich, Only God Can Make You Happy
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Ecclesiastes 5 When you hear, “Money won’t make you happy,” it’s a little hard to swallow when you’re behind on your bills. Especially if the person telling you has money! Money IS important. But if you’ve ever had money, you also know that above a certain level, money often creates more problems than it solves.…
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If This Shoe Fits Don’t Wear It!
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Ecclesiastes 4 Solomon searched and explored to find out what a man can do that is worthwhile. Fortunately for us, he wrote down what he found. He explained what a man can gain for his toil. In this lesson, Solomon turns our attention to four odious situations we should avoid at all costs. But he…
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Solomon’s Prescription For a Happy Life
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Ecclesiastes 3 Sometimes we feel on top of the world, but sometimes we feel like the world is on top of us. Whether you’re carrying a burden or are experiencing something beautiful, God is watching how you respond. What is he looking for? Join Patrick Morley for yet another amazing insight from Solomon as he…
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The Boy Who Gave Away His Lunch
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Matthew 14:14-21; Luke 8:1-3; Luke 21:1-4; 1 John 4:7-8 Do you have any bad habits? Do you bite your nails when you’re nervous, speed up when someone goes to pass you, use sarcasm to cover up an insecurity? What about good habits? Are you a runner or a healthy eater? Where do these habits come…
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More Than a Feeling
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1 John 3:11-24 Is there something you really love? Like a hobby? Or a sports team? Or a person? When you love something, you don’t just put it on the back burner and hope you get around to it. You pursue it, learn about it, expend time and energy on it. The world often defines…
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Your Money or Your Life
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Luke 12:13-34 “Do you have enough to retire?” Financial planning advertisements are full of messages cautioning us to save money, invest wisely, plan ahead—all so that we can retire comfortably. There is wisdom in planning ahead, Proverbs tells us. But what exactly are we saving for? God calls us to live a generous life—right now!…
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Overtime: Identity, Part 2 & Settling Who I Am & What My Life Is All About
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2 Corinthians 5:17 Word spread throughout the hospital about the infectious man in room 3330. You won’t believe what happened next! Join Patrick Morley as we discuss what all men want and how God provides for you to get it. You will also have a unique opportunity to make “My Declaration of Christian Manhood.”The Christian…
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Session 8: Lust – The Right Way To Deal With This Powerful Drive
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2 Peter 3:3-4, Matthew 5:27-30, James 1:13-15, Romans 6:12-14, 13:12-14,1 Peter 1:14-16, Ephesians 2:3, Titus 3:3, , 1 Corinthians 7:1-9 & 10:13, 1 John 1:9-10 What man doesn’t like to look at a pretty girl? But when does looking become lusting? And what exactly is lust, anyway? Join Patrick Morley for biblical and practical answers to…
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Session 1: Identity – Setting Who I Am and What My Life Is About
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Colossians 2:8, 1 Samuel 16:7, 1 John 2:15-17 Have you had your identity stolen? It creates a huge inconvenience, doesn’t it? Or worse! Every day Christian men get scammed, phished and hacked by the world, the flesh, and the devil to steal—or at least compromise—our identities. In this first lesson of a new series, The…
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What Do You Want? [Patrick Morley]
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The Big Idea: I would rather die for a worthy cause than live for no reason. John 1:29-51, Philippians 1:29 Imagine bumping into the President of the United States (or Bono or Billy Graham) on the sidewalk. You start to follow him. Seeing your curiosity, he asks, “What do you want?” That’s exactly what happened…
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Maintaining Your Integrity When Temptation Comes
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Big Idea: When temptation comes, RUN. If it catches you, RESIST. If it defeats you, REPENT. If it gloats, REMEMBER the Gospel: “It is finished.” (REPEAT) James 1:13-15, Proverbs 15:31-33; 19:20, Genesis 3 Every man has faced temptation. Sometimes we succeed in resisting it and sometimes we fail, often at the expense of our integrity.…
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The Surefire Way To Be Known As a Man Of Integrity
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The Big Idea: Just do whatever love would do. Galatians 5:13-24, Romans 13:8-10, Matthew 7:12, 1 Corinthians 13:4-8, John 14:26 You already know if integrity was merely about getting the right information, we’d all have slam dunked this long ago! So what’s the problem? Is God’s moral code just a bridge too far? More importantly,…
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What If God Told You Money Can Buy Happiness?
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Ecclesiastes 5:18-20, Luke 18:18-30, 19:1-10, 1 Samuel 16:7, 2 Corinthians 8:12, 9:6-11, Psalm 37:23-26 The Big Idea: Have you ever known a generous man who was not fundamentally happy with his lot in life? In this week’s lesson we’re going to explore the relationship between money and happiness. There is a connection, but it may…
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Cutting Through the Noise
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Big Idea: You can hear God best when you intentionally create space for His voice in your life. John 15:1-11 God is talking. To you. And to me. It’s not always easy to hear Him. He is whispering, but that’s not why we can’t hear him. It’s not because He’s not talking loud enough, but because…
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6 Habits to Grow Your Faith
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The Big Idea: Intentional spiritual habits will train your heart to instinctive godliness. During the Gospel Challenge, we have looked at 4 Ways to View the World, The 5 Types of Men (and Why They Need the Gospel), and this week, at 6 Habits That Will Grow Your Faith. Paul urged Timothy. “Train yourself for…
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The 5 Types of Men
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The Big Idea: Adam failed. Jesus Nailed. Grace Prevailed. The “four visions of the world” explained in our last lesson produce “five types of men.” Which one are you? Join us this week and learn the answer! We’ll delve into the chart Man in the Mirror uses around the world to explain these 5 types of…
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What Is Biblical Manhood, and How Do We Get It?
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The Big Idea: I don’t just read my Bible. I let my Bible read me. Why do we need biblical manhood? Mick Jagger tells us why in the evergreen lyric, “I can’t get no satisfaction. I try, and I try, and I try, and I try. Can’t you see I’m on a losing streak. I…
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The Goal of Biblical Manhood
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The Big Idea: Your worst day with Jesus can be infinitely better than your best day without Him. Every day you get up, get dressed, go to work, come home, eat some dinner, watch a little TV, maybe read something, go to bed, then get up and do it all over again. Why? So one…
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What Getting a “Quick Win” Can Do For You
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The Big Idea: Nothing can turn doubters into allies faster than getting a quick win. You always knew this would be harder than it looked, right? And you always knew there would be surprises? But you were determined. And that has paid off. You identified and removed the bottleneck that was holding you back. Now…
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3 Keys to Overcome Oppostion
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The Big Idea: Expect opposition.Trust God.Take responsibility. It was looking so good. Great vision. A dedicated team. An awesome plan. Enough resources to get started. A quick win (or two). Everyone had such high hopes. And then, it started: the resistance. Some came from genuinely concerned people. Of course, there were a few grumps who…
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Creating Early Momentum
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The Big Idea: Dream unbelievably big, but start believably small. It’s your burden. But you’ve been successful to find others who share not only your pain and burden, but also your vision. You’ve assembled the right team, the right plan, and the right resources. But you can’t rebuild the whole thing in one fell swoop.…
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Manhood Defined
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The Big Idea: Where God has made you responsible, you need to move to make the unfruitful fruitful. Would you say that most men have a good understanding of what a real man is and how to become one? Do you? Many men today feel unfulfilled because they are pursuing a false version of manhood.…
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Do Something Great With Your Life!
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The Big Idea: The greatest mission to which a man can aspire is to be a disciple-making disciple. How do you think you will be remembered? How do you want to be remembered? In this final “5 Weeks To Live” message, we’re going to explore God’s way to do something great with your life. Every…
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Finding a Deeper Personal Relationship with God
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The Big Idea: The turning point of our lives is when we stop seeking the God we want, and start seeking the God who is. Imagine the doctor just told you, “I’m sorry, but you only have five weeks to live.” What would be important to you? What would you want to do, and with…
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The Only Way to Really Live
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The BIG IDEA. Real manhood follows full surrender. We can all agree that it’s tough for many men today to figure out how to keep their priorities straight in this weird world. There are so many distractions that pull at us, and so many forces trying to influence the direction we go. Do you feel like…
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Finding Truth You Can Trust
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The Big Idea: You only have two choices: live in the Word, or die in the world. If you’re like most men, there are areas of your life where you wish you were doing better. And yet we can go weeks, months, or even years without seeing any real improvement. The temptations and distractions of…
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Building a Life of Integrity
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The Big Idea: A life of integrity is built on: Hope in God, Holiness like God, Reverence for God In a world that’s getting weirder, it can be hard to find solid ground to stand on. How does a Christian build a life of integrity when the values and truth seem to be disintegrating? Brett…
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Habit #5: Spiritually Happy Men Are Generous
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The Big Idea: Have you ever known a spiritually unhappy man who tithes? Every “on fire” Christian would love to be tithing. We all know men who are, and we’d love to be more like them—if for no other reason than to be as spiritually happy as they are. But how? Is generosity something you…
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Habit #3 Spiritually Happy Men Serve
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The Big Idea: You need to have a deep, intentional, spiritual impact in one person’s life. (You’ll love it and God gets the glory.) We live in a culture that relentlessly pushes us to think about ourselves. Look out for #1. What do you need to be happy? How about this new car, new relationship,…
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Habit #1: Spiritually Happy Men Read the Bible Regularly
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The Big Idea: Your life will never change in any significant way apart from the regular study of God’s Word. What differentiates joyful men from the rest of the pack? In this new series, we’re going to explore six foolproof habits that set genuinely happy men apart from men who feel like lasting happiness eludes…
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Character-Building Struggle
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The Big Idea: Our job as fathers is to build strong resiliant kids through our presence, process and prayer. We all want our kids to succeed, to avoid our mistakes and the consequences. How do we walk with our kids through struggles that will form their character, rather than save them from every little bump…
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The Role of a Husband
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The Big Idea: If you don’t step up, she can’t come alongside. If you knew then what you know now, would you still get married? Some might say, no. But for the vast majority of us the answer is, yes. But we’d also like some help figuring out what to do about those “irreconcilable differences?”…
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The Man Who Could No Longer Remain Silent
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The Big Idea: What stirs you so deeply that you can no longer remain silent? Our nation is falling apart morally. Few would disagree. But what can you do? No doubt the early disciples were thinking similar thoughts and asking similar questions at the murder of their Leader. Now we come to His burial. In…
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What Can Happen When a Man Finally Gets It
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The Big Idea: Am I where I’m supposed to be? Am I doing what needs to be done? Is this where I can do the most good? What did a lifelong criminal dying on a cross next to Jesus see that was so powerful he felt compelled to plead, “Jesus, remember me when You come…
Personal Growth & Transformation
Explore the journey of personal growth and transformation through spiritual disciplines and biblical insights. This series focuses on developing qualities such as faithfulness, patience, stewardship, and wise counsel. Learn practical steps to declutter your spiritual life, embrace the Sabbath, and cultivate a deeper relationship with God. Each lesson is designed to help you grow in wisdom, contentment, and trust, providing a strong foundation for lasting change and spiritual renewal.